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GENIe

Global-problematique Education Network Initiative
GENIe European Office

GENIe

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Generalitat de Catalunya Departament de Medi Ambient
U N I V E R S I TAT P O L I T È C N I C A D E C ATA L U N YA

CÀTEDRA UNESCO A LA UPC

TECNOLOGIA, DESENVOLUPAMENT SOSTENIBLE, DESEQUILIBRIS I CANVI GLOBAL

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GENIe

Global-problematique Education Network Initiative3

GENIe European Office

GENIe

Published by:

Generalitat de Catalunya Departament de Medi Ambient
U N I V E R S I TAT P O L I T È C N I C A D E C ATA L U N YA

CÀTEDRA UNESCO A LA UPC

TECNOLOGIA, DESENVOLUPAMENT SOSTENIBLE, DESEQUILIBRIS I CANVI GLOBAL

GENIe / Global-problematique Education Network Initiative

Editors
GENIe European Office; UPC Mihajlo D. Mesarovic JosepXercavins i Valls GENIe Co-ordination Center; CWRU Mihajlo D. Mesarovic Narasingarao Sreenath

Proof reading and Correction
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Ana Andrés Lleó

Computer Consultancy
Oscar Sahun i Reguant

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UNESCO Chair on Technology, Sustainable Development, Imbalances and Global Change C/Colom, 1 – 08222 Terrassa (Spain) Tel: 00 34 93 739 80 50 Fax: 00 34 93 739 80 32 E-mail:sostenible@catunesco.upc.es http://campusterrassa.upc.es/catedraunesco UPC Information, Image and Publications Service, 2000 (5269) ISBN: 84-7653-751-4 © the authors

Acknowledgments
The UNESCO Chair at UPC and its associated GENIe European Office have been supported by the Government of Catalonia. The Population Growth, Water and International Peace project at CWRU has been supported by The David and LucilePackard Foundation.

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Contents
Chapter 1 Presentation.............................................................................................. Chapter 2 "Methodology: Towards Integrated Assessments with Reasoning Support Tools".......................................................................................... MIHAJLO D. MESAROVIC, NARASINGARAO SREENATH, DAVID MCGINNIS,JOSEP XERCAVINS Chapter 3 UNESCO-UNITWIN GENIe ............................................................... Annex to Chapter 3: Recognition of GENIe as UNESCO-UNITWIN network ............................................................... Chapter 4 Collaboration Agreement for the Creation of the GENIe European Office with the Support of the Ministry of the Environment of the Government ofCatalonia ......................................................................... Chapter 5 Some GENIe Workshops “Bridging the Gap between Science and Decision-Making” ................................................................. Chapter 6 First Encounter with GLOBESIGHT (GLOBal forESIGHT) ................. ALI M. VALI, GUNDO SUSIARJO, NARASINGARAO SREENATH, MIHAJLO D. MESAROVIC, JOSEP XERCAVINSChapter 7 The INTRANET of GENIe..................................................................... UPC COMPUTER SERVICES, JOSEP XERCAVINS
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1. Presentation
"The challenge in bridging the gap between science and decision-making is in blending reasoning with vision".
FEDERICO MAYORZARAGOZA at the International Meeting of Science Editors

The symbiotic relationship of education, science and culture –the very foundation of the UNESCO mandate– has become increasingly important at the threshold of the new millennium. The formulations of development policies which will satisfy basic human needs on the one hand and sustainability on the other in the context of globalization ofthe economy, resources allocation, environmental change, etc., mandates that an unprecedented number of scientific facts be taken explicitly into account when considering development policies. At the same time, legitimate aspirations and visions rooted in respective cultures play pivotal role. Hence, it is imperative that science and culture (objective and subjective aspects of reality) be blended...